WATCH: $12k for sick kids in Hervey Bay

FOUR-year-old Mason James Window has been in and out of Hervey Bay hospital with health complications since he was born three-months premature.

He is just one of many who will benefit from more than $12,000 raised for the local children's ward through fund-raiser Give Me 5 for Kids.

$1500 of this came from one of the community's greatest benefactors, Con Souvlis.

Hervey Bay Hospital children's ward donation:
Mother Lauren Perry with four-year-old patient Mason James Window explaining why donations to the Hervey Bay Hospital children's ward meant so much to not only staff but also sick children and their families.

The local icon's family had asked for donations to the cause in lieu of flowers at his funeral earlier this year.

With the money set to go towards a patient observation machine which monitors vital signs, hospital staff are ecstatic.

Paediatric complex care nurse Sonya Williams said the donation meant so much to staff.

"It just helps us help the children and the staff in the ward," she said.

"In the past we have received cheques and purchased equipment which has made such a difference in how we care for our kids.

"This will go towards resources because the children's ward is a small unit in a large hospital and it is difficult to resource us at times because our numbers are not as large as adults.